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[–] 82 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Wait they aren't talking about cranes?

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  • [–] 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I drive a forklift for a living and I equate "heavy machinery" as a bulldozer or something, lol.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 day ago

    It says don’t drive or operate heavy machinery, the additional clarification is precisely because people will think “well a forklift isn’t a car”

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  • [–] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    This was on my dog’s medication once.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    I once zoned out of driving for a solid 5 minutes on my way home from work as a teen because my brain didn't equate heavy machinery with car. Got onto highway...turning off of highway. Nothing in between. Needless to say, I've never made that mistake again.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    I mean, it would be better off to say "motor vehicle" or at least include that with "heavy machinery", but chances are this would reduce use for a lot of medications when people need to drive to/from work etc so it gives them convenient out lawsuit-wise

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago

    Having driven both, I can safely say that they meant both.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Big ball and chain thing for knocking down buildings for me

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  • [–] 16 points 1 day ago

    It's even worse than that: when I'm zoned out of my mind, nothing feels heavy anymore. So I can operate anything safely, right?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago

    I've seen enough warehouse fails to fully agree.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago

    They obviously mean my schlong

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    My mind goes to this, but I don't need medication for me to be unsafe operating any machinery other/heavier than a simple car.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago

    I always think of like an excavator lol

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    My mind always goes to all garbage mashers on the detention level.

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    What if my ride was an ultralight? 🤔

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    I thought they meant gundam suit.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Mine goes to bucket excavator.

    I don't consider forklift to be heavy machinery, at least not the little pallet ones. The seacan ones, absolutely.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

    I guess small quadcopters do not count?
    "Alright commander, I'm all clear to operate kamikazi drones." 🎇🙈 xD

    (Slava Ukrani 🇺🇦✊)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    I always go to crane

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 day ago (9 children)

    Depends how heavy it is, I guess 🤷🏻

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    Right? What about my top handle climbing saw? I think it weighs 7.5lbs

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (3 children)

    Is that like the guy I watched for a few hours as he climbed the redwood tree that towers up past the 6-story apartment across the street, lopping off limbs as he went, flipping his waist rope a little higher with his left hand and wielding his chain saw with his right?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    He shouldn't be spiking a live tree, redwoods may have thick enough bark though I'm on the East Coast

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    [–] 4 points 22 hours ago* (6 children)

    There's other safety oriented tasks with the same attention required. I wouldn't pass meds on ativan or oxy, and would be pretty cautious with most other sedating medications. Weirdly I also don't pass meds without strattera. Weirder I think flight attendants are in the same boat (plane?) where a lot of people see it as a customer service role and don't realize how safety oriented the job is. Then people start some bullshit in a crowded aluminum tube with no safe exits and get surprised when they get duct taped to a chair.

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  • [–] 3 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

    (sorry, what do you mean by "pass meds"?)

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  • [–] 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

    So most hospitals have a time, usually depending on when they change shifts, that most meds are scheduled around. And the whole process is much more complicated than I think most people realize. The omnicell can make sure you pull the right drug/form/strength and it can tell you how many to take out but it can't take the patient's blood pressure before you give them the metoprolol or fingerstick before you give their insulin and it can't check for dangerous side effects before or after the dose or make sure the blood level is taken and sent down to the lab at the right time relative to the administration of the med they're measuring (the omnicell can't even verify that took the right amount of pills out of the pocket). And you're doing that for six patients at a time. So (usually) my job doesn't require fast reflexes, but it does require pretty intense focus.

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  • [–] 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

    I love how you managed to paint an even more confusing image.

    For instance, based on what you've written with NO additional context, "the omnicell" must clearly be a terrifying large robotic overlord the size of a room that demands the world of you.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    All machines are heavy, I operate none of them.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago

    This was once on my medicine But I ignored it cuz I didn't know that they meant,but nothing happened I still operated machines so yh

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    Yes, car brains are completely desensitized to their own murderous potential.

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    [–] 10 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    There's a trend with the kids called "fork lifting" where everyone takes a couple Ambien and goes to work in a warehouse.

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